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Ahead Conference
Dyslexia 2010
Challenges and Perspectives in Higher Education
Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
16th March 2010
9.30 a.m. – 3.30 p.m.
“reading may be the least of their troubles”
The conference will examine current challenges in higher education from a range of perspectives: national policy, the latest research into Dyslexia, teaching and learning best practice and the student experience.
The inclusion of students who learn differently is no longer new in higher education. The challenge remains for institutions to respond to the learning needs of students with dyslexia while also assuring the academic rigour of courses. In order to change practices it is important to understand how the condition affects the student in an educational setting.
This conference is an opportunity to collectively explore how the varied perspectives interact and to understand their capacity to shape the learning environments of the future.
Schedule
9.30 Registration and Coffee.
10.00 Welcome and Opening, Jim Devine, President of the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire.
10.15 National Perspective, Tom Boland, Chief Executive, Higher Education Authority.
10.30 Keynote speaker on the latest Research into neurological causes of Dyslexia, Professor John Stein, Professor of Neuro-Science, Oxford University.
11.30 Questions & Answers.
12.15 Lunch
1.15 Dyslexia - Student Perspective
1.30 Academic Perspectives – the challenges for academic staff.2.00 New Perspectives - Developing strategies to promote independence of learning for students with SpLD in third level. Ascent Project - Regional Assessment & Resource Centre
2.30 Moving Forward – Interactive panel discussion on conference findings.
3.30 Close of Conference
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